Moving sidewalk



A. PELESKEY, MOVING SIDEWALK.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2,1921. 1,385,584, Patented July 26, 1921..

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UNirao sT-Aijgss PATENT oFFici-'zf 1 ANDREW PELESKEY, or ivrARrrNs FERRY, oHio.

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TQaZZ whom t may concern:

` Be it' known that I, ANDREW PiinnsknY,`a. citizen of Hungary, residing atL Martins Ferry, in the county of Belmont and State' of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moving Sidewalks, of which the following is a specication.

`,Tliis'invention relates to a traveling sidewalk which may vbe employed as' a street sidewalk or arranged between'any two places for the transportation of people.

-Tlie invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved type of travelingsidewalkA comprising adjacent units traveling in opposite directions and provided with novel` means. whereby the person Vusing' the sidewalk may 'change at certainxpoints from one unit to the ."othefr. l A further object is to provide an improved arrangement for an endless sidewalkhaving comparatively long integral sections.

For rfurther comprehension of the-invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to thefappended claims inV which the various novel features o-f the invention are more particularly set forth. j l

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan'view of a traveling` sidewalk constructed accord,- ing to the invention. j j

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, showing the approaches and` foundation in vertical section. j f Y Fig. 3 is atransverse section on the broken line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

Briefly speaking, my impro-ved` traveling sidewalk comprises a pair of endless sidewalk elements arranged side by `side and' traveling in opposite directions, with transfer devices at suitable points. f

As here shown each of |the traveling elel ments comp-rises a pair of laterally spaced sprocket chains 10looped,.at .opposite ends of the traveling walk, over sprocket wheels 11, 11 These'spi'ocket wheelsy are here shown as fixed respectively. on stubshafts 12 journaled in standards r13, and a single transverse shaft 15 is journaled in standards 1G. These chains 10,. and the operating mechanism for` the walks, are located in a Extendi Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented ,1u-1y 26321-92L Appiicatiqn, inea April 2, 1921!.' semi Nb. 14'57L912zi."v i

suitable recess itending overthe ends of the recess 17 andpartially"overhanging the sprocket wheels 11, 11,f are fixed approaches 18,. i f

rlhe chains 10 carry Va series of plates 20 which formy the. traveling surfaceV on which the users stand. These plates'are secured to the chains 10'V at their forward ends to move therewith by means of pins 421 which project laterally from opposite Vsides of the vplates and are engaged with-the sprocket' chains.v The connection between the plates l and chains is arranged to permit of relative swinging movement of the plates on the pins 21 as pivots, the plates being `here vshown as having bearing lugs 22 on their under side with which the ends of, the pins are. rotatively engaged.

At their rear ends, the plates 2O are provided with wheels 23which'run upon tracksV 24 extending longitudinallyv between the sprocket chains,fthe rearends ofthe plates having noQdirect` connection 'with -the -A sprocket chains. The plates 2O may: also each'be provided with a single wheel 25 un,-

der their front ends which V'rests onffa track 26 located midway betweenthe tracks 24 `fon which the rear wheels 23 rest. These tracks 2A and 26 may be supported by any suitable framework, indicated generally at27.

The sprocket chains v10, as is understood, are, arranged in upper and lower oppositely moving reaches, the plates 20 running on lthe tracks 2A and 26 as they travel along the upper reaches in operative position.

Adjacent the end 'of theV upper reach toward which the plates move, the'tracks 24 vergefinto arcuate track elements 3,0 of channel cross section whose flanges engage the wheels l23 on diametrically .opposite sides. The center rail 26 terminates aty about the point where they arcuate elements 30 connect to4 thev tracks 24. These arcuate ele mentsv 30 curve ,downwardly and then backwardly and terminateat their lower ends 'just above the lowerl reachesof the sprocket chains '10.* y j Vg backwardly along the flooring of the recess 1.7 are other tracks 32 on which the wheels 23 are adapted to run when the plates 207i are being carried backward with Y.

the lower reaches of the chains. These tracks terminate at the opposite end of the walk, that is the end from which it is moving, in channeled elements 33 which curve upwardly to unite with comparatively short track sections 34 alined with the tracks, these sections terminating at one side of the sprocket chains as they are carried around the adjacent sprocketfwheels 11', while theV ltracks commence at the other side of the sprocket chains. This arrangement,lasvwell as the spacing of the return track 32 from the arcuate element 30, is to allow the pins 21 to pass through the tracks, Aas they vmust doin their movement. Otherwise the track elements '24, 30, 32, 33 might beV joined to forma continuous, unbroken track. Hinged at their low-er ends to the upwardly curved track elements l33, adjacent their point of connection with the sections 34, are supports 36 which are moved outwardly as the wheels 23 passthe same, being automatically moved inward to form supports for said wheels 23 ate the same.

As previously statedtransfer devices are A arranged at suitable intervalsalong the sideworm drive from the shaft 15. i is rotated in a direction to have its sidesV walk, only one of these transfer devices being shown. Each transfer device comprises a horizontally arran ed disk 45 arranged between the opposite y movingV units and projecting at itsk opposite edges Vover the edges of the plates of each unit. This disk is mounted on the upper end of a vertical shaft 46having a bevel gear 47 on its lower end which meshes with a like gear 48 on the end ofa horizontal shaft 49 drivenv by a The disk which overhang the respective units more in correspondence thereto.

It is believed the method of operation of my improved traveling sidewalk will be readily understood yfrom the following description; The plates 20 are pulled forward in operative position by the chains l0 acting through the pins 21, the plates being supported on the tracks 24 and 26. When the end of the walk is reached the wheel 25 rides Off the rail 26, and the wheels 23 engage the arcuate elements 30 just as'tlie pins 21 are starting to move around with the sprocket wheels 11. The rear'ends of the plates' 20 thus move downward in substantial parallelism with the front ends and lfall on the return tracks 32 and become the front' ends as the plates are pushed backwardly by the chains. Then the other end of the walk is reached the wheels 23 ride upon the rising track elements 33 while the pins 21V swing around the sprocket wheels A11. The engagement of the supports 36 under the wheels 23 prevents, the latter from riding down the track elements 33 as the pins commenceto move forwardly, causing them to Vmove onto the track sections 34.' It will be understood of course'that the arrangement of the track sections, and plates will be reversed' for thefoppositely moving units.

Having thus described my invention what. I claim as new and desireto protect by Letters Patent lows:

of the United States Vis as fol- Y 1. A traveling sidewalk comprising a4 series of sprocket chain lwheels over'which posed upper and lower reaches, means pivotally attaching the'plates at' oneenld toi-the chains, upper andlower tracks vsupportingthe other ends of the plates as they move forwardly and backwardly respectively, said tracks having curved section-s at their .ends adapted to maintain the'plates in substantial parallelism as they reverse their direction of movement, pins projecting fromv thejsaid plates whereby lthey are connected tofthe said chains, said tracks b'eingtransversely split at certain points to passing through the same. 1

3. A traveling sidewalk, comprising a series of sprocket chain wheels'over which said chains are looped in horizontally dis!l permit of *said pins y posed upper and lower reaches, means pivotally attaching the plates at one end tothe chains, upper and lower tracks supporting `the otherends of the .plates as `they move forwardly andbackwardly respectively, said tracks having curved sections at their ends adapted to maintain the plates in substantial parallelism as they reverse vtheir direction of movement, and a springactuatedelement on one of said curved sections adapted to support the of travel. d I A s i 4. In a traveling sidewalk, a pair of adjacent units moving/"in opposite directions, and a horizontal transfer diskarranged betweenthe two units Land means forrotating said disk in a direction to cause itsopposite plates as they reverse their direction sides to move in correspondence to the adsaid units and means for rotating said disk jacent sidewalk units. 1n a dlrectlon to cause its opposite sides to 5. In a traveling sidewalk, a pair of ad,- Inove in correspondence to the adj aeent side- 10 jacent units moving in opposite directions, walk units.

5 and a horizontal transfer disk arranged be- In testimony whereof I have afixed my tween the two units, said disk having its pesignature. Y ripherai edge overhanging the sides of the ANDREW PELESKEY. 

